Allegedly, the Iranians will be able to sell oil immediately in exchange for the reopening of the Strait. That sounds legitimate. The Bloomberg report makes it appear as if the President surrendered. I don’t believe that. In fact, all media outlets are reporting what they have not seen. It is giving Tehran an opportunity to shape the narrative with the help of the Democrat press.
The deal is not public at this time.
Why we won’t see it until tomorrow or Friday. Watch the clip:
JD Vance on why they haven’t released the text of the MOU:
“There are sensitivities that exist in the Arab and Muslim world…” pic.twitter.com/5PxOzDVRM2
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 16, 2026
The Wall Street Journal report.
“The White House thinks that these kinds of sweeteners are required to make Iran make concessions. The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the deal to end the war, offering Tehran an early financial incentive to wind down the conflict, people familiar with the agreement said.
“The provision for waivers of sanctions on oil sales takes effect immediately upon signing the agreement this week and also covers necessary services, including banking, transportation, and insurance, needed to facilitate the sales, the people said. United
“Against Nuclear Iran, a nonprofit, said an Iranian supertanker carrying crude oil, Diona, had left Chabahar port, crossed the U.S. blockade, and was sailing out of the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday with its location tracker active. It was the first such transit since the start of the U.S. blockade in April. Shortly afterward, a second supertanker, Hero II, also crossed the blockade, according to the nonprofit and ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic.
“Allowing Iran to export its oil concedes a key point of U.S. leverage, but one the White House felt it probably had to give up to open the Strait of Hormuz, said Farzin Nadimi, an Iran-focused senior fellow with the Washington Institute, a U.S.-based think tank. “The White House thinks that these kinds of sweeteners are required to make Iran make concessions, and otherwise it would be very difficult to make Iran continue negotiations,” Nadimi said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Hugh Hewitt told Matt Continetti that it’s a hostage deal. The hostage is the Strait of Hormuz.
“And what I would say is rather than thinking of this MOU as a nuclear deal, which I don’t believe it is, I believe it’s opening more room to talk about nuclear. I think of it as a hostage deal. And in this sense, Trump is in the long line of American presidents who are paying economic benefits to Iran in exchange for hostages. In this case, the hostage is a strait of Hormuz.”
The truth is that the Strait of Hormuz problem must be fixed, and soon.
CNN thinks they have the MOU. Steven Cheung says, “no.”
The supposed text of the MOU that was obtained by CNN does not reflect the language of the actual MOU. https://t.co/tAieSPRHbf
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) June 17, 2026
Bloomberg, an anti-Trump outlet, claims that the memorandum includes:
“an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon,” and “upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, the United States will lift the naval blockade and prevent any interference or obstruction against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement.”
“Iranian assets, frozen or restricted funds, and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran will be released and made fully available.”
President Trump said the deal does not include immediate sanctions relief.
Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Islamic Republic founder Ruhollah Khomeini, described the war with Israel and the United States as the “lesser jihad” and said a “greater jihad” to end disputes and preserve victory begins now. He said the Islamic Republic had overcome the naval blockade with “prudence,” adding that such action could bring down what he called the world’s giants.
The former ambassador to Lebanon, David Hale, said this is the first time a president took the fight to Tehran, but will he sustain the pressure?
Former US ambassador to Lebanon David Hale said that after eight presidents struggled with Iran, this was the first time Washington had taken the problem to its source in Tehran rather than only confronting Iranian influence in Beirut or Gaza. He said the question now is whether… pic.twitter.com/R4fmZYR5wM
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 17, 2026
Hopefully, no tolls or fees.
One of the MOU bullet points is further negotiations over Iranian/Omani maritime “services.”
It’s all semantical games. https://t.co/RMGS9zsFAy
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 16, 2026
